Ludwig van Beethoven - Op.131 String Quartet No.14 in C-sharp minor

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The String Quartet No. 14 in C♯ minor, Op. 131, was completed by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1826. It is the last-composed of a trio of string quartets, written in the order Opp. 132, 130 (with the Große Fuge ending), 131.

It was Beethoven's favourite of the late quartets: he is quoted as remarking to a friend that he would find "a new manner of part-writing and, thank God, less lack of imagination than before". It is said that upon listening to a performance of this quartet Schubert remarked, "After this, what is left for us to write?" Schumann said that this quartet and Op. 127 had a "grandeur ... which no words can express. They seem to me to stand ... on the extreme boundary of all that has hitherto been attained by human art and imagination."

This work is dedicated to Baron Joseph von Stutterheim [de] as a gesture of gratitude for taking Beethoven's nephew Karl into the army after a suicide attempt. Beethoven died before the work's publication by Schott Music and before its first performance, the date of which is uncertain.

Music

About 40 minutes in length, it consists of seven movements played without break:

I.Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo C♯ minor cut time About 7 minutes
II.Allegro molto vivace D major 6/8 About 3 minutes
III.Allegro moderato – Adagio B minor common time About 45 seconds
IV.Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile – Più mosso – Andante moderato e lusinghiero – Adagio – Allegretto – Adagio, ma non troppo e semplice – Allegretto A major 2/4 About 14 minutes
V.Presto E major cut time about 5 1⁄2 minutes
VI.Adagio quasi un poco andante G♯ minor 3/4 About 2 minutes
VII.Allegro C♯ minor cut time About 6 1⁄2 minutes

Orchesta: Orion String Quartet

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